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Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Prioritizes Improved Access to Healthy Food Through Food System Transformation Initiatives

10/07/2023binomo

Today, the Provincial Government is announcing support of approximately $386,000 to Food First NL. This one-time funding will support Food System Transformation initiatives and advance collaborative efforts through four interrelated community food projects, and will open up opportunities for future investments from national partners.

These community food projects include:

Great Things in Store: Working with a cohort of eight food retailers across the province to develop and pilot partnerships and programs that improve food access for lower-income Newfoundlanders and Labradorians.
Rethinking Food Charity: Supporting the implementation of recommendations developed through a year-long consultation process that engaged people with a lived

New grocery store to provide healthier options for the community

27/06/2023binomo

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – One community will soon have access to healthier food options.

World Food Marketplace will be opening right off Broad River Road near St. Andrews Road offering multi-cultural groceries in bulk to an area that’s been identified as a food desert.

The new store will also bring around 60 new jobs.

“That’s huge for this area because we don’t have that presence,” said Javar Juarez, the executive director of the Broad River Business Alliance.

The store will also have a full butcher kitchen with fully prepared meals.

“This is about health, if you go to a local

Food programs break the link between food insecurity and obesity in children

23/03/2023binomo

food pantry — Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain

Food FARMacias could be one part of the solution to the nation’s growing food insecurity problem, according to a new study by pediatricians at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York-Presbyterian.

Food insecurity—or lack of enough healthy food for an active, healthy life—is not just an issue of hunger. Food insecurity prevents children from reaching their full potential physically, cognitively, and socially. Children who grow up in food-insecure homes are sick more often, recover from illness more slowly, and are hospitalized more frequently. Food insecurity can contribute to obesity because people who

6 Foods To Eat for Better Health in 2023, Says Dietitian

11/01/2023binomo

Are you ready to make a new year’s resolution? Do you want to make the most of the next 12 months? If so, then why not aim to improve your health in 2023? Frankly, this might be a goal that a fair share of those living in the United States should consider. As it stands, Americans tend to eat diets that lack the proper amount of nourishing fruits and vegetables, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Beyond that, around 11.3% of the US population has been diagnosed with diabetes, while heart disease is the number one cause